Defibrillators

"If it wasn't there and those people hadn't jumped into action, I wouldn't be here today," said Arthur, from his hospital bed at North Bay and District Hospital's critical care unit.

Arthur, director of recreation for the Town of Arnprior, has nothing but praise for the local program spearheaded by the North Bay Professional Paramedics Association and District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board that ensured the medical device was on hand.

And he hopes his experience will boost local efforts, as well as those in his own community, to have The Lifeline program, which relies on local sponsorship, was launched two years ago and is responsible for purchasing and installing 17 Its organizers also hope stories such as Arthur's will help expand the program by demonstrating the critical role the devices can p...

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